Harness-girth



(No Model.)

F. A. FISHER. HARNESS GIRTH Patented Sept. 2, 1890'.

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FRANK A. FISHER, OF SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

HARNESS-GIRTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,537, dated September 2, 1890.

7 Application filed February 28, 1890. Serial No. 3%,049. (No model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. FISHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Deerfield, in the county of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iarness-Girths; and I do hereby deolarethe following to be a full, clear, and exacttdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in harness-girths; and it has for its object to provide a set of girths, one attached to the harness-saddle provided with two or more metallic loops located at proper points beneath the belly portion of said girth, and the other connected with the shafts or thills and adapted .to be inclosed and held in play by said loops.

In common wagon-harness it is wellknown thattwo girths are employed to reach about the body of a horse, one of which is attached to the harness-saddle, while the other is secured on either side of the horse to the thills or shafts of the vehicle. Ordinarily these two girths are disconnected or independent of each other, and it is often the case that the hostler in handling or placing the harness on the horse will mistake one for the other. It has been the custom of late, partly on account of the liability of the confounding of the two, to unite them loosely beneath the belly of the horse by means of leather loops sewed on one or the other, which readily wear outor become detached, and which render the parts difficult of separation for cleaning or oiling or for repairs.

In order that the outer or thill girth may be held relatively to the saddle-girth, I provide for and attach to the inn r one a set of two or more open metallic loops which are adapted to clasp the thill-girth without interfering with the lateral movement of the latter or the lateral movement of the thills, .5 which, however, must be controlled against upward movement.

In the drawings illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a bottom view of the two girths.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View of the 50.

same.

Referring to the drawings, A is the inner or saddle girth, and B is the outer or thill girth arranged to clasp the thills in the usual manner.

C are the open loops riveted or otherwise secured to the girth A, the opposite ends or horns of which reach over the outer girth sufficiently to clasp it, thus preventing the separation of the saddle and thill girths when the harness is idle, as well as when in use. When the harness is adjusted to the horse and connected to the wagon, my device does not in any manner interfere with the lateral freedom of the outer girth or the shafts, while the latter-mentioned girth is holding said shafts against upward motion. It is my purpose, in the formation of these loops 0, to have their horns or ends sufficiently separated to admit of the detachment of the outer, when it is slightly twisted and pressed downward or away from the saddle-girth.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, the harness girth described, composed of the girths A and B, having the usual buckles and billet-loops, the girth A with the two open metallic loops G secured thereto, which engage but do not entirely inclose the girth B, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK A. FISHER.

Witnesses:

WM. H. ALLEN, E. L. SMITH. 

